A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents (2012) / Chapter Skim
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117 7.1 Overview This section contains a list of shortfalls in information and guidance identified during the development of this report, as well as possible approaches for closing these gaps. The options for closing these gaps consider the differing capabilities and available resources among large, medium, small, rural, and urban communities, as well as among communities within any of the potential subsets.
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118 A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned Option: One potential approach to closing this gap would be for the EPA, USCG, and FEMA to develop clear and detailed guidance for each of the funding sources applicable to recovery from a hazardous materials transportation incident. This guidance document could explain the funds outline the limits, explain the process for securing funding from the potentially responsible party, describe eligible costs, and provide information on the claims process.
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Gap Analysis 119 Option: One possible solution that could close this gap would be for the NRT and TEPP to work together to develop a single planning document for local communities encompassing fixed hazardous materials sites and hazardous materials transportation incidents and including all major types of hazardous materials. This should consider the work included in HMCRP Report 5 and this report.
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120 A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned to incorporate a recommendation that after-action reports covering the stabilizing, mid-term recovery activities, and long-term phases of recovery be developed for any incident. If it is found to be a reasonable requirement, appropriate guidance could then be developed.
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Gap Analysis 121 victims and responders. Communities will also need information on the impacts to building materials so they can create proper inspection procedures and determine how to proceed following hazardous materials transportation incidents.
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122 A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned Contamination of foodstuffs is also an area of concern. Our research identified a few federal guidance documents, but these were primarily related to intentional contamination of food and dealt primarily with grocery stores and restaurants.
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Gap Analysis 123 ties are evacuated, it is necessary for the community to be able to find these individuals and to be able to make contact with them if for no other reason than to address issues of debris on their property. Many areas around New Orleans experienced this problem following Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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124 A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned simple, non-technical terms. Following a hazardous materials transportation incident, the immediate needs for public information will be to announce that there is a health hazard, what precautions individuals need to take, identification of particular vulnerabilities (respiratory, contact, ingestion, etc.)
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Gap Analysis 125 Table 7-1. Summary of identified gaps.
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126 A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned documentaries. FEMA could play a role in this effort, because they have a successful record of creating such public education programs for other hazards.
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